An 81-year-old Rhode Island store owner has come under fire on social media for dangling a 'lyin' Hillary Clinton doll from what customers described as a 'noose'.

Customers have slammed Tony Polseno Jr, the owner of Pleasant View Orchards store in Smithfield, for the controversial display of the pant-suited plush toy near a Donald Trump election campaign sign.

He said a customer purchased the doll online and gave it to him, so he decided to hang it from his wall.

The doll makes statements that include, 'Not a single one of my emails was classified,' when it's squeezed.

It also says 'I don't believe I ever lied — to the public' and 'When I got off the plane in Bosnia I had to dodge sniper fire,' the Providence Journal reported.

Tony Polseno Jr., the 81-year-old owner of Pleasant View Orchards, has come under fire on social media for his display of a Hillary Clinton plush toy that dangles from a metal hook inside the store

The doll says 'I don't believe I ever lied — to the public' and 'When I got off the plane in Bosnia I had to dodge sniper fire'

Yelp and Facebook commenters are offended by the doll's placement.

Polseno says those comments reflect a misunderstanding and that the doll wasn't meant to be offensive.

'They're making it look like I want to hang people.

'I don't do that,' Polseno said of the 11.5-inch doll, which sits next to a Donald Trump saying Make America Great Again.'

'We don't want to be mean. We don't want to offend anyone. If we offend anyone, I'll take it down.'

But he added: 'If you don't like it, then look the other way.'

Yelp and Facebook commenters are offended by the doll's placement. Polseno says those comments reflect a misunderstanding and that the doll wasn't meant to be offensive

Online comments (some pictured) have mounted since a woman wrote a Facebook post on Tuesday about the pant-suited 'Lyin' Hillary Doll' displayed near a Trump sign at the Pleasant View Orchards store in Smithfield

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Polseno's wife, Camella, told the Journal the couple have received at least one harassing message.

'That gentleman that made that terrible phone call to us — they have to know, my husband is 81 years old,' she told the Journal.

'We’ve been in business almost 47 years. We contribute a lot of tax money to the town. We contribute a lot of tax money to the state. For him to say he hopes our business goes down, I think is just very deplorable.'

The 'Lyin' Hillary Doll' sold out the day after the election, the Journal reported.